When I first saw the term “wall mounted aquarium” I believed it was possibly a mistake – didn’t they mean “built into the wall aquarium”? Following all, the weight of those things is ridiculous. One particular gallon of water weighs 10lbs and then you have all the added weight of the glass and rocks.

I like aquariums, but till now only those belonging to other people. My husband had 3 when I met him, all situated in the wrong places so that they would go green quite quickly. I hated all the pumps buzzing away and the dead fish that would somehow get out whilst I wasn’t searching. It appears that a wall mounted aquarium may possibly be a much greater thought than those old-fashioned ones.

It is beautiful and relaxing to look at a bunch of stunning tropical fish, but the upkeep and investigation involved just turned me off. But the new designs of wall aquaria are tempting, and it would beat watching most of the Television programs that are on these days!

No longer just a fish tank, a wall mounted aquarium saves a lot of room and undoubtedly looks far more attractive than that large old green glass tank on a cast iron base, with tubes and wires coming from it. The styles of these aquaria are great and are bound to tempt a few newcomers to attempt the hobby.

They are so low upkeep that they are excellent for dentist and physicians offices – very calming whilst you are waiting to undergo torture, or for waiting rooms and lobbies as a point of interest for individuals to appear at even though they wait for an appointment.

A wall-mounted aquarium is hung like a picture or big screen Tv – in reality it looks so surrealistic that men and women may not understand it actually does include reside fish and genuine water!

They are quite sophisticated too and made from shatterproof polycarbonate so they are pretty darned secure. Keeping the water at the right temperature is no longer a hit or miss affair either, there is a state of the art manage interface so you can monitor all the aquarium’s systems, such as temp, filtration and oxygen. The polycarbonate screen provides outstanding viewing too it looks like glass so there is no weird distortion when you look inside the aquarium. In truth just about everything is completed for you, and if something does want doing the control panel will tell you so, the epitome of low upkeep – I wish mine had been!

Not only do wall mounted aquariums look great in the daytime, at night they appear even greater, you can truly sit down and enjoy them and not be concerned about dead fish and algae.

Are they costly? Well if you are a failed fish-keeper like me they are possibly not, we ended up throwing away all our tanks, pumps and stands after months of miserable failure – not to mention the funds we spent on doomed fish!

They begin at about $ 300 and there is even a selection of various colored surrounds to match your décor – and not green slime color. You can sit back, unwind and just add water – and a handful of content fish of course.